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Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.orgZTtmee Timely Coverage Of News In The Fastest Growing Community In Utchfield County Vol. 32 No, 14 Subscription Price $8.00 Per Year PRICE 20 CENTS April 6, 1978 Task Force Formed To Lure Industry A Town Council subcommittee body to specifically develop a Specific charges assigned to unveiled plans Monday night for marketing plan "for the town's the team were: the creation of an "Industrial excellent industrial properties on visit existing industrial Task Force," with its purpose? be- Buckingham Street and Straits plants to determine il the com- ing to attractively market the Turnpike." the Council leaders munity is ineeting then needs community's industrial proper- saitl. serve as an "expediting ties, lure more industry here, and Named to the force were force" fur proposed industrial keep what the town a 1 ready has. James Christie, treasurer and projects, and alleviate any In a memo to the Council, general manager of Watertown problems with town agencies Chairman James Mullen and Building Supply Co.: Joseph Ilor- investigate slate laws to minority leader William Mucdno zepa, vice president and senior determine if Walertown can be said "very little that the Council executive officer of Colonial Ban- made more cinpetitivc in the in- does (luring the next year and corp; Donald Poulin, manufac- THE CEREMONIAL GROUND BREAKING for the new firehouse dustrail market half will have a greater impact turing manager for Accurate oversee the development of substation on Buckingham Street in Oakville took place Monday at on the future of Watertown than Forgins Corp., Bristol; II. Ray- noon, with several town officials showing up, Even though the a detailed promotional brochure the Industrial Development Task mond Sjostedt, former State on available properties. bulldozer in the background already has started leveling the site, Force," Civil Preparedness director members of the Town Council and Public Buildings Committee develop a long range Recommended was the es- retired; and William Scully, real marketing plan. must appear in Superior Court Wednesday this week to show cause estate broker. why a temporary injunction should not be Issued preventing the tablishment of a five-member Mr. Mullen minuted the plan is awarding of the controversial contract. Pictured left to right are Friends To Hear a "drastic slop" and "we're do- Town Councilman William Muccino, State Rep. Clyde Sayre, Screening For ing something out of the or- Public Buildings Committee member Fred Richmond, Town Conn- Talk On Shakers dinary," but he stressed Water- eilwoman Theresa Mitchell and PBC members Anthony DINunzlo, Kindergarten town •ought to be getting our Robert Porter, chairman, and Rlcharfd Wick. share of those iindustrial) peo- At Annual Meeting ple'" (Valuekas Photo) Mary L, Richmond will discuss Candidates He noted the reintivf ease by interesting facts about American Pre-school screening for which Nmigatitck is attracting in- Shaker life, customs and religion youngsters planning to attend dustry. Councilman Dodds at the IHlh Annual Meeting of tin- Contestants Polishing kindergarten next school year I'errin added he knows of several Friends of Waterlown Library on will be conducted at the First firms in the SlaiiilordlJarien- Thursday, April 20, at \'l noon Congregational C hu r c h, (ireenwich area dial 'are Up Routines For Annual The lecture precedes a planned DeForest Street, during April sereeming to gel out" of that trip to llanciick Village in and May, high lax area, and "Watertown is Massachusetts, Tuesday, May 2 Youngsters who will be five a lot closer than Florida Miss Watertown Pageant Mrs. .It>tin \uyes. I're.Milcnl. years old by Dec. 31. IIJ7H. are Mr Mullen and Me Muccino The nine contestants for the an- tic City in the fall. The winner is eligible to attend. Children Will preside at the lllei-linc. ,iil(l nual Miss Watertown Scholarship said the lask force will be a "top selected on the basis of per- residing in the Baldwin or Judson present volunteer service peioi its1 pni|ecl lor the inwn Pageant are coming down the sonality, poise, talent and a per- School District will be screened awards Potential new trn'm homestretch for the event, which manager, and the group svill sonal interview with the judges. on Monday or Tuesday. April lit- herse are invited. Those ai report In the Council on a i|iiai will be held Saturday, Apr, 15, at Named judges for this year's 11; those in the Polk or Soulh tending may wish In being a Watertown High School, teilv basis The siibcnmiiiillee pageant are the following: Atty, School District, Wednesday or sandwich Cnllec and cookies Inrsces meetings with tile loeal The young ladies have been will be served beginning at l|::i() Brian Barnes, of Waterbury, who Thursday, May :s-4 and stale Chamber ol Com- preparing every Sunday after- a m has been active with the Water- Parents must call their local merce, and Mr Mullen men- noon at the Helen Short Dance Mi s Ku hmond Hi i ilage bury Civic Theatre, both in school to set up an appointment tioned a lull-time coiisullani Studio in Oakville, practicing dramatic and musical roles; time and receive instructions. \ ill.igi ii'sidi nl luii published eventually may be hired, finan- their Individual talent presenta- an annotated two v oliiine Louis Trifari, of Heritage The total screening procedure ''-'(I through several sources tions and the group perfor- Village, Southbury, who has ser- bihliogi iplr nf Mi il.i i hit i it in f takes approximately 70 minutes. The subcommittee said the mances. ved as a director for many area loi tin Ham or k \ ill.igi This Pre-schoolers will be tested in vi- lask lorce will not replace the Judging of contestants will be plays; Carol Rimany Sehulman, sion, hearing, speech, reading publication i('({tuticl usiis to 42 Economic Development Com- based on the same values used in a woman with considerable ex- readiness, and learning dis- lihi.ines and six v e«n s of mission, but will allow the EDC the Miss Connecticut State perience in promotional and abilities areas. research She has m.inv other to concentrate on the commer- Pageant and the Miss America photographic modeling, along publications to her { rcdit and her Two years ago, the Watertown cial downtown district and other Pageant, which is held in Atlan- (Continued on Page 12) (Continued on Page 12) recent ai title, lldiiv Duncan and the Curnmington PILSS ' ap- industrial properties. peared in the Jan 1U7H issue of Local Chamber members ap- Pepper — Tale Of A Seeing Eye Dog Fine Print proved to act in "ex-officio ad- A graduate of the School of visory" rolt-s to the force were A Watertown native has joined Libiananship at Berkley she George Green, vice president of the proud line of graduates of The (Continued on Page 12) (Continued on Page 12) Seeing Eye, Inc. Pepper, a black Labrador who was born at the Joseph Colina home on Farvlow Circle in Oc- tober, 1978, left eight weeks later to grow up and receive her train- ing at the school In Morristown, Now Jersey, Last week the Colinas received a letter from the school telling them that Pep- per had achieved success in her training for guide work and recently left the school as the willing eyes for a young blind woman, The Seeing Eye, Inc. is the original and most prestigious of the organizations trianing dogs as guides for the blind. Founded in 1925 when blind Morris Frank returned from Switzerland with his first dog, Buddy, The Seeing Eye now trains hundreds of dogs a year, some coming to them as Pepper did and some born at the THE LIBRARY EXPANSION DRIVE was further helped along school. Not all go on to gradua- this sveek by a $1,000 donation from the Thomaston Savings Bank's tion. The training is rigorous, and Watertown office. Accepting the check from Peter Dahfin, right, after a dog has mastered all the bank assistant vice-president, is Donald Stepanek, town recreation director and drive co-chairman, PEPPER (Continued on Page 12) (Valukas Photo) Page 2 Town Times (Watertown. Conn,), April 6, 1978 Board, Custodians had a Hartford maintenance ser- F Property ofvice takin theg some of thWatertowne custodial Free Emission Historicals Society Reach Agreement services. Twenty-six local posi- tions would have been Clinic Planned Over Contract eliminated, however, a move bit- A three-year contract watertownhistoricalsociety.orgfor terly protested by the custodians. For April 8 The dispute helped defeat a school custodians will be signed A free auto emissions clinic byjinlon officials and the Board town budget at three town meetings last fall. will be sponsored by the Connec- of Education Monday night prior ticut Christmas Seal/Lung to the regular Board meeting at Association and Junior Woman's the high school. Art Scholarship Club of Watertown on Saturday, Accord was reached last week April 8. from 20 a.m. to 3 p.m. at when the Board and custodians The Junior Woman's Club of the Knights of Columbus Hall, approved the pact, which calls Watertown has announced its Main Street, for a five per cent raise each arts committee Is planning to The testing Is part of Project year, and bars the use of private award a $200 art scholarship to a Smog, a public education contractors for school cleaning. high school senior who is plann- program to inform state resi- The contract is retroactive to ing to major in one of the Fine dents about its air pollution Sept, 1, 1977. Arts. Any graduating student problems. Invitations for a free The Board had hoped to save who is Interested should see the admissions test have been sent to upward of $100,000 per year by high school guidance counselor Town Manager James Troup and the second year In a plan which for an application.